[Event "12th ECC qual. group 4"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "1996.09.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Boensch, Uwe EMBE"]
[Black "Votava, Jan DAPR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Annotator "Baburin"]
[PlyCount "79"]

{Our last three game feature the passive black bishop on a6, which can not
be moved to the other flank easily. In all of them White employed a 
typical plan - started actions on the kingside, in order to highlight the 
absence of that unfortunate a6-bishop there!} 
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 c6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 d5 
9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nd3 Nf6 11.Bb2 Nbd7 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Rc8 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.
Qc2 Qc7 16.Rad1 Rfd8 17.Rfe1 b5 $6 {#The idea of this pawn advance is too 
activate the a6-bishop by weakening the c4-pawn and turning it into a real
target. However, it does not work here, as White is not going to allow 
...bxc.} 18.c5 $1 {White grabs space and shuts the a6-bishop out of play. 
Of course, the b2-bishop is not prefect now either, but it is still more 
useful than the one on a6 - at least it protects the d4-pawn.} 18...Bb7 
19.b4 a5 20.a3 Ra8 21.Qb3 Re8 22.Ne5 $1 {White establishes the knight in 
the centre, since it cannot really be taken: 22... Nxe5 23 dxe Be7 would 
give White a lot of space and an easy attack on the kingside, where the b2
bishop can be moved as well. 22... Bxe5 23 dxe would be even worse for 
Black, since White would get an outpost on d6 as well. Of course, White 
can play Rd1-d6! even with the bishop on e7, getting more than enough for 
the Exchange. Thus, Black has to live with the white knight staying on e5.
} 22...Nf8 23.h4 $1 Ng6 24.Ng4 Ne7 25.Nxf6+ gxf6 26.d5 $1 {#Moving the 
"sleeping beauty" into the attack means curtains for Black!} 26...Nxd5 27.
Bxd5 cxd5 28.Bxf6 d4 29.Rxd4 Qc6 30.Rg4+ Kf8 31.Ree4 Red8 32.Qe3 Rd1+ 33.
Kh2 axb4 34.Qh6+ Ke8 35.Qxh7 Qxc5 36.Rg8+ Kd7 37.Qxf7+ Kc6 38.Rxe6+ Rd6 
39.Be7 Rxg8 40.Rxd6+ 1-0

